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Finally OpenSUSE 11.0

Sneak Peeks of openSUSE 11.0

• The new installer

openSUSE 11.0 includes a brand-new installer. The Sneak Peek series on openSUSE News shows off some new features, plus an interview with Stephan Kulow!

• Software Management

There have been many improvements and changes to ZYpp, openSUSE’s package management system, including the major improvement: it’s lightning fast! Features an interview with Duncan Mac-Vicar.

• Desktop Effects

openSUSE’s Desktop Effects (Compiz) have been improved, and include many new effects and new features which make running and managing them better! Also includes an interview with Dennis Kasprzyk!

• KDE

In openSUSE 11.0, you get two KDEs for the price of one. Take a look at the new KDE!

• GNOME in openSUSE 11.0

There are many improvements in the new version of GNOME. Vincent Untz talks about the GNOME desktop environment in openSUSE 11.0.

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Nvidia rolled out its next-generation 200-series GPUs, the GeForce GTX 260 and GTX 280 today.

You’ll notice NVIDIA has a new naming convention for these cards.  GeForce GTX denotes the current high end, with the model number afterward its performance level in relation to other cards in the same family.

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With Firefox 3.0 scheduled to be released on June 17 there is also word (and video) of what’s cooking with Firefox Mobile. Note that it is being designed for touch screens, but not for multi-touch. The thinking there is that multi-touch isn’t yet popular enough and that touch is the lowest common denominator. This will certainly be an interesting development and what you can find at this link is still listed as being in the concept stages.

A demo of an experimental UI for Mobile Firefox by Aza Raskin, Head of UX for Mozilla Labs. See azarask.in/blog/post/firefox-mobile-concept-video for more information.

Firefox Mobile Concept Video from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.

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Dell enter a mini laptop market, the upcoming Dell mini laptop will be Dell “E” and “E” Slim.

Dell’s breaking the Dell E into two device types, a 8.9-inch model clearly meant to take on the Eee 900, and the 12.1-inch “E Slim” which actually looks positioned to take on the MacBook Air and X300, at a mere 0.8-inches thick, though perhaps in a lower-end capacity.

• E Classic model for super low-end use
• E Video and E Video+ for more RAM, larger flash storage, webcams and Bluetooth
• E Slim come with WiMAX

OS? According to the close source, Dell “E” series will be runing on both Windows XP and Linux.

Dell is expected to offer accessories, such as a USB TV dongle, carry case, second battery, an auto/air adapter, Bluetooth accessories, and external HDD or DVD drive options.

Price? Dell “E” estimated start at $299.

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